Tax refunds

A tax refund or tax rebate is the money that you get back from HRMC if you paid too much in tax. By law, if you're travelling to temporary workplaces and paying to make your own way there, you could get a tax refund. On average, a 4-year tax refund claimed through RIFT amounts to £2,500 or £2,000 per year for people in the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).

Tax returns

A tax return is how a taxpayer lets HMRC know their annual income, expenses and other personal circumstances. HMRC use it to calculate the tax you owe and claim tax allowances and tax reliefs you're entitled to. There are many reasons you may have to file a tax return, it's not just for the self-employed.

Advice

We’ve been helping people with the taxman since 1999. Our specialist teams work closely with HMRC to put the cash back in your pocket where it belongs. You can be sure that we know the rules inside out. Get in touch if you need help, it's what we're here for.

Our prices

We make our prices as simple as possible so that you don't find yourself with any unexpected bills for "hidden extras". All aftercare is included and any refund you get is covered by our RIFT Guarantee. There are no upfront charges. We'll handle everything with HMRC for you and even remind you when it's time to claim again next year.

About us

The RIFT Group is a family business based in Kent, founded by Jan Post in 1999. We're specialists in tax refunds and tax returns and we're the only company in our field to have been awarded the Institute of Customer Service "ServiceMark" for excellence in customer service. Get in touch to see how we can help you today.

ABF The Soldiers' Charity​

The Soldiers’ Charity started life in 1944 as the Army Benevolent Fund. Demobilisation at the end of the Second World War made it clear that a national charity was needed to give practical help to soldiers, veterans and their families.

Since 1944, The Soldiers’ Charity has been supporting veterans of every conflict including the most recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The charity gives grants to individuals and other specialist organisations.

Last year, The Soldiers’ Charity supported 6,040 individuals, including helping veterans in their later years, providing mobility assistance and home adaptations for those who’ve been wounded or injured and education and training for soldiers leaving the Army and moving into civilian careers.

The Soldiers’ Charity helps soldiers and their families to continue their lives and live them to the full. RIFT Tax Refunds are proud to be able to support this great cause that’s helped so many people over the years.

In 2017 RIFT donated £37,293 and to date we have donated £180,600 to this amazing cause.

How The Soldiers’ Charity helped Chris

Chris is a 25 year old former soldier who was injured twice on two separate tours of Afghanistan. During his first tour, a bullet shattered his leg, and in his second, grenade fragments entered his head and caused Chris to be diagnosed with epilepsy. This diagnosis meant Chris was medically discharged from the Army.

Chris went on to study horticulture at college back home in Derbyshire. The Soldiers’ Charity’s Quick Reaction Fund paid for essential items for the course including clothing, safety equipment and travel. He’s now finished his course and wants to be a landscape architect. Chris said that The Soldiers’ Charity helped him out massively with the funding.

How RIFT Tax Refunds have helped The Soldiers’ Charity

RIFT’s partnership with ABF The Soldiers' Charity allows us to do even more to help former and serving Armed Forces families in need through our annual donations. We’re proud to be able to offer our support to personnel around the world and to help make life that little bit easier for them in any way we can.

"The Armed Forces do a great job for our country and we’re delighted to support them in any way possible. We speak to over 500 soldiers a week to claim their tax money back. We want to help our Forces clients as much as we can - they travel hundreds of miles between bases and spend a lot of time away from their families and friends. We’re proud to support The Soldier’s Charity and the invaluable work that they do helping service personnel facing tough times.” Jan Post, RIFT Tax Refunds Managing Director

“On behalf of the charity and those we help, we are delighted to form this partnership with RIFT Tax Refunds and look forward to an exciting and meaningful partnership in the coming years. RIFT’s generous support of our work will ensure The Soldiers’ Charity can continue to give a hand up to our serving and retired soldiers and their families in the greatest need.” Major-General (Ret’d) Martin Rutledge CB OBE, Chief Executive of The Soldiers’ Charity

RIFT Guarantee

Our guarantee means you'll never lose a penny

When you claim your tax refund with RIFT, our unique RIFT Guarantee means that you don't have to worry about the taxman reclaiming any of your money. So long as you give us full and accurate information, if HMRC disagrees with the amount that we’ve claimed and ask for the money back, we’ll pay it. It won’t cost you a penny.